Rear LED turn signals
#1
Rear LED turn signals
If you have static LED or intelligent LED, can you verify whether your turn signal is between the two light bars, or below the light bars?
Is your car US spec, Euro, Asia....Etc?
is your turn signal amber or red color?
Thank you. I am thoroughly confused here. I can't get a straight answer from dealer, and they only have one car to show me. All the videos online are just making things more confusing. I am in the US btw.
Is your car US spec, Euro, Asia....Etc?
is your turn signal amber or red color?
Thank you. I am thoroughly confused here. I can't get a straight answer from dealer, and they only have one car to show me. All the videos online are just making things more confusing. I am in the US btw.
#3
that is so bazaar. So where is your brake light? I was under the impression that turn signal is between the two bars, and brake light is below the two bars. Like all the videos I see on YouTube. I wonder if this is an American special.
#4
Super Member
will have to find an assistant to press the breakes for me so i can check.
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#7
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i don't like the amber turn signal.always liked monocolor in teh rear
seems like US and Euro specs are different. i'm guessing laws are different?
seems like US and Euro specs are different. i'm guessing laws are different?
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If you have static LED or intelligent LED, can you verify whether your turn signal is between the two light bars, or below the light bars?
Is your car US spec, Euro, Asia....Etc?
is your turn signal amber or red color?
Thank you. I am thoroughly confused here. I can't get a straight answer from dealer, and they only have one car to show me. All the videos online are just making things more confusing. I am in the US btw.
Is your car US spec, Euro, Asia....Etc?
is your turn signal amber or red color?
Thank you. I am thoroughly confused here. I can't get a straight answer from dealer, and they only have one car to show me. All the videos online are just making things more confusing. I am in the US btw.
2. Red color.
I believe it's a difference in US vs Euro laws. That said, I wish the US would, I hate to say it, mandate the "amber" or different color rear turn signal, as to me it is 10x safer because you notice the different color vs it being the same color as the rest of the rear lights. I haven't looked for MB, but I know for BMW there are some retailers in the US that sell the Euro spec taillights.
Last edited by Chrisk03; 02-11-2018 at 06:09 PM.
#10
If you have static LED or intelligent LED, can you verify whether your turn signal is between the two light bars, or below the light bars?
Is your car US spec, Euro, Asia....Etc?
is your turn signal amber or red color?
Thank you. I am thoroughly confused here. I can't get a straight answer from dealer, and they only have one car to show me. All the videos online are just making things more confusing. I am in the US btw.
Is your car US spec, Euro, Asia....Etc?
is your turn signal amber or red color?
Thank you. I am thoroughly confused here. I can't get a straight answer from dealer, and they only have one car to show me. All the videos online are just making things more confusing. I am in the US btw.
#11
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Yup, in EU (maybe rest of world), the turn signals are amber, in the white/clear area of the tail light. In the US/Canada the turn signals are simply the red brake lights. I really hate this;such a strange nuance. I see plenty of amber turn signals in the US on other cars, so not convinced this is law. I wish there was a way to program the intended/designed amber turn signals to work, but when I look closer at the tail light, I don't believe they included any LED in that "section" of the tail light. Hazard lights & turn signals should be separate from BRAKE lights.
#12
Yup, in EU (maybe rest of world), the turn signals are amber, in the white/clear area of the tail light. In the US/Canada the turn signals are simply the red brake lights. I really hate this;such a strange nuance. I see plenty of amber turn signals in the US on other cars, so not convinced this is law. I wish there was a way to program the intended/designed amber turn signals to work, but when I look closer at the tail light, I don't believe they included any LED in that "section" of the tail light. Hazard lights & turn signals should be separate from BRAKE lights.
#13
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It looks like manufacturers may use either red or yellow rear turn signals to comply with USA department of transportation regulations.
https://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/CFR-20...sec571-108.xml
I read somewhere that manufactures think US customers want red signals vice amber, so that’s what we get.
https://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/CFR-20...sec571-108.xml
I read somewhere that manufactures think US customers want red signals vice amber, so that’s what we get.
#15
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On the Left Taillight: No LED Diodes... on left side module, Diodes on right side of the module
point is... even if we could re-wire/program, there are no amber diodes in the module-unit...
As you can see, this has annoyed me for almost a year... especially since I travel to Europe at least once a month and when I see another GLC flashing it's amber turn signals... drives me crazy. However (and similarly), BMW and Audi's have the same problem: EU turn signals are much better looking, but in the US, we get a solid one-chunk red turn signal to be used for brakes and turning. Not sure why the Germans think they need to do this differently.